Dual mirror mounting assembly

• US 7,290,891 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2007
• Issued: 11/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rosco Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Rosco Incorporated
• Inventors: Englander, Benjamin
• Primary Examiner(s): Shafer; Ricky D.
• Application Number:
  US11/784,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20070188899A1
• Time in Patent Office: 214 Days
• Field of Search: 359/841, 359/871, 359/872, 359/881, 359/855, 359/864, 359/865, 248/475.1, 248/476, 248/479, 248/480, 248/484, 248/486
• US Class Current: 359/841
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/0605 specially adapted for mounting on trucks, e.g. by C-shaped support means
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/182 for mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/4826 Mounting, aligning or attachment of the transducer head relative to the arm assembly, e.g. slider holding members, gimbals, adhesive G11B5/484 takes precedence; details of head housings or structures G11B5/10, G11B5/127; adjustment relative to the record carrier G11B5/56
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/5552 using fine positioning means for track acquisition separate from the coarse (e.g. track changing) positioning means
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/56 with provision for moving the head support for the purpose of adjusting the position of the head relative to the record carrier, e.g. manual adjustment for azimuth correction or track centering G11B5/52, G11B5/54, G11B5/58 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/596 for track following on disks G11B5/5526, G11B5/5552, G11B5/5565, G11B5/5582 take precedence

Abstract

A mirror mounting assembly for mounting a mirror on a vehicle bulkhead. The assembly includes a generally Z-shaped mirror mounting bracket configured for attachment to a structural portion of the vehicle inside an engine bay of the vehicle, and a support member connected to the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes a first flange and a second flange extending laterally in opposite directions from opposed edges of a connecting web. The first flange has two through-holes sized and positioned for connection to the structural portion inside engine bay by existing body panel mounting screws. The second flange and the connecting web are sized and configured so that the second flange extends out of the engine bay upon installation of the bracket. The support member carries a pivot element sized and configured to pivotally support a first support arm assembly for a rear view mirror unit and a second support arm assembly for a cross view mirror unit.

Claims

1. A mirror mounting assembly for mounting a mirror to a vehicle, comprising:

a support member substantially in a shape of an inverted L, having a short leg and a long leg, an exterior side and an interior side;

an arm assembly configured to support at one end thereof a mirror unit and having an arm assembly connecting end;

a pivot element located and formed integrally on the long leg of the support member and designed to pivotally and rotationally support the arm assembly connecting end, the interior side of the support member being shaped to complement the exterior surface of a fender portion of a vehicle located adjacent the hood portion of the vehicle;

a mirror mounting bracket configured for attachment to a structural portion of the vehicle below the hood of the vehicle and in a manner which is exteriorly invisible when the hood is closed,

wherein the mounting bracket includes a first flange that has at least one through-hole sized and positioned for connection through the structural portion of the vehicle and a second flange sized and configured to be affixed to the short leg of the inverted L of the support member; and

wherein the support member is supported and affixed to the vehicle by means of the mounting bracket and by means of screws which pass through the long leg of the support member and pass through the fender of the vehicle; and

the arm assembly is supported in the pivot element integrally formed with the support member.

2. The mirror mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the mirror unit comprises first and second mirror assemblies.